Today I want to try my first CTF walkthrough. I choose the relatively new Basic Pentesting 1 VM from Vulnhub. This CTF is aimed towards beginners and the goal is to get root privileges (boot2root) on the machine. I will take you with me through my workflow.

After covering the Basic Metasploit Commands in the last article, it’s time to get familiar with Metasploit Workspaces. Workspaces are a great tool to keep everything organized within your Metasploit Framework.

If you have used the well-know exploitation framework Metasploit before, you probably came across the phrase “Payload” at some point. But what are Payloads in Hacking Lingo? That’s what we are going to learn today.

Time to talk a little bit about the different Phases of a Penetration Test and shed some light on the typical penetration tester workflow.A Penetration Test is usually split into different Phases. Read on to learn more.